Branding-iron.



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APPLICATION FILED 1330.5, 1913.

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BRANDING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 5, 1913.

Patented June 30, 1914.

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WILLIAM F. CHRISTIANSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SHARP & SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BRANDING-IRON.

Application filed December 5, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. CHRIS- TIANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Branding-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in branding-irons and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved device; Fig. 2 is a section through the lower portion of the same; Fig. 3 is an end view of the lower end of the device; Fig. 4 is a section through the upper part of the device, and Fig. 5 is a section through the liquid nozzle and adjacent parts on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings, 6 is a reservoir for a supply of ether, which is the preferred fuel for use in connection with my branding-iron. The reservoir is surrounded by a non-metallic sleeve 7 so as to afford a relatively-cool surface to be grasped by the user. The sleeve is held in place by a ring 8 screwed on the upper end of the reservoir. The reservoir is closed at its upper end by a plug 9 in which is a threaded nipple 10 which receives a needle-valve rod 11, a packing 12 held in place by a packing nut 13 being provided in accordance with common practice.

In the lower part of the reservoir is a nipple 14, in the upper part of which is a plug 15 continued upward to form a tube 16 which receives and guides the valve-rod 11 and is provided at its lower end with a seat 17. The space within the nipple 14 below the plug 15 is filled with material affording reticulations for the passage of vapor. This material may be either crumpled metal gauze, or fibrous vegetable material, its purpose being to arrest any liquid which might issue from the needle-valve and hold it in suspension until vaporization can occur. The lower end of the nipple 14 receives a nozzle 18 at the end of which is set a small block 19 of stone or glassy material having a central nozzle hole.

The structure thus far described is obviously such that ether vaporized by heat conducted to the reservoir will issue from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.. Serial No. 804,799.

needle-valve under the control thereof, and thence pass out of the nozzle. To the lower end of the reservoir is screwed a mixing tube 20 having a series of perforations 21 at its upper end adjacent to the nozzle from which the vapor issues. Air, of course, en ters through the perforations 21 and is mixed with the vapor within the mixing tube. The lower end of the mixing tube is closed by a cap 22 having perforations 23 through which the mixed air and vapor pass into an enlarged head 24 having at its upper end a nut 25 screwed on the mixing tube. The neck has perforations 26 for the admission of additional 'air and the head has lower down a series of perforations 27 for the escape of products of combustion. The head is provided at its lower end with flanges 28 into which can be slipped interchange able branding plates 29 provided with raised letters or characters, the plates being adapted to be held in position by a button 30.

The operation of the present device will be readily apparent. The fuel in the reservoir passing from the nozzle as heretofore set forth picks up air within the mixing tube and issues from the cap thereof into the head in the form of a combustible mixture which burns within the head, thus heating the branding-plate in place to the requisite temperature to do its work.

The device is simple and convenient and will hold its heat for a long time. It is thus far preferable to the usual device which must be heated up before being used, since the present device, carrying its own heating means can be used repeatedly without intermediate heatings. Furthermore, the interchangeable character of the brandingplates fits a single device for a large amount of use.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of the construction herein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto, except as pointed out in the following claim, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the de vice as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a branding-iron, in combination, a liquid fuel reservoir, a non-metallic casing surrounding and spaced apart from said reservoir, a plug at one end of said reservoir, a bustion, and a removable branding plate in 10 needle valve coacting therewith and opersaid head. able from the other end, liquid arresting I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set means adjacent said plug, a nozzle, a relamy hand this 2nd day of December, 1913.

-' tively long mixing chamber having air inlets l VILLTAM F CHRISTI ANSEN adjacent said nozzle, a perforated cap at the end of said chamber, a hollow head inclosing WVitnesses:

said cap having separate air inlets and out- NELLIE B. DEARBORN, lets for the escape of the products of com- D. O. THORSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

